Family volence – through the lens of reflective practice
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https://doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol30iss3id518Keywords:
Family Violence, Reflective practice, Meaningful engagement, Power and ControlAbstract
By applying my cultural sense of self and incorporating a case study, this reflective work examines family violence and the compulsive and seductive aspects of so-called “victim blaming” which, I contend, operate as a defence against institutional anxieties experienced and borne by individual practitioners. In this reflective piece I consider family violence, and aspects of domination described above from my lived experience as an indigenous woman, and as a migrant from the Global South. I also incorporate a social work case study from an Aotearoa New Zealand context to further explore cultural aspects of family violence or domination.
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